Clive Everton
| Born |
7 September 1937 Worcester, England |
|---|---|
| Sport country |
 Wales
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| Professional | 1981–1991 |
| Highest ranking | 47 (1983/84) 9 (Billiards) |
| Career winnings | £2,975 |
| Highest break | 74 (1987 UK Championship) |
| Best ranking finish | Snooker: Last 32 (Professional Players Tournament 1982) Billards: Quarter-final (World Professional Billiards Championship) (3 times) |
Clive Harold Everton (born 7 September 1937) is a Welsh veteran commentator for ITV and Sky and former BBC snooker commentator, journalist, author and former professional snooker player. He is generally regarded as the authoritative voice for snooker, on account of his knowledge of the game for over forty years.
He began his BBC career on the radio, and later worked on television, commentating on the World Snooker Championship from 1978 until 2010. He continues to commentate for other broadcasters, including ITV4 for the Champion of Champions and World Grand Prix tournaments, Sky Sports, at the World Seniors Championship and Snooker Shoot-Out and Perform Media, where he provides commentary on the Championship League, syndicated to a number of betting websites and World Snooker's subscription service. He has also commentated for other worldwide broadcasters including Eurosport, CBC and Fox Sports Australia.
Everton was born in Worcester in 1937 and was educated at King's School, Worcester and later at UCW Cardiff.
Everton was a talented amateur player of English billiards, reaching both the 1975 and 1977 world semi-finals. In the latter he exacerbated a back injury, forcing a temporary retirement from the highest level of the game; he became a professional snooker and billiards player in 1981. Everton's biggest win as a professional snooker player was a 5-2 defeat of Patsy Fagan in the last 64 of the Professional Players Tournament 1982, before losing to Cliff Thorburn with the same score in the last 32. He reached (and lost) four Welsh Professional Snooker Championship quarter-finals and three major billiard quarter-finals.
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